Evaluation of a commercial test based on ligase chain reaction for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens Avaliação do método comercial baseado na reação em cadeia da ligase para detecção direta do Mycobacterium tuberculosis em espécimes pulmonares

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Fabíola Karla Corrêa Ribeiro, Valdério do Valle Dettoni, Renata Lyrio Peres, Solange Alves Vinhas, Tatiana Resende Có, Reynaldo Dietze, Moisés Palaci
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2004
• Subjects: Tuberculose; Diagnóstico; Biologia molecular; Tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Molecular biology; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Abbott; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822004000600001; https://doaj.org/article/fecde1de285f479aa3f0eb6010c82787

A ligase chain reaction DNA amplification method for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Abbott LCx MTB) in respiratory specimens was evaluated. Results from LCx MTB Assay were compared with those from acid fast bacilli smear, culture, and final clinical diagnosis for each patient. A tot...